Los Angeles County has taken a major step toward expanding permanent affordable housing in Long Beach. It has approved the acquisition of a vacant parcel at 1101 Long Beach Boulevard for a future 160-unit development, as first reported by Urbanize LA.
On Nov. 12, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors authorized the purchase of the 0.65-acre site. It is part of the County’s CEO-Homeless Initiative Land Bank Pilot Program, a strategy designed to secure land in neighborhoods facing rapid gentrification and displacement before housing opportunities are lost.
The property at 1101 Long Beach Blvd. previously housed an abandoned building. It caught fire in 2019 mid-demolition after its tenants were evicted. It was supposed to become a 120-unit market-rate housing development before its entitlement was lost.
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